Resource E-Blast: Veteran Stakeholders Forum

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What is a Veteran Stakeholders Forum?

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The VISN 5 MIRECC Veteran Stakeholders Forum (known as Veteran Engagement Groups in some centers) consists of a small group of VA-connected Veterans from across VISN 5 with an interest in mental health topics. These Veterans volunteer to provide their experiences and insights, as the MIRECC shares information about its work.

Why create a Veteran Stakeholders Forum?

Inclusion of input from Veteran stakeholders helps to promote improvement in research development, clinical implementation and knowledge dissemination, which ultimately results in improved healthcare services.

Want to develop a Veteran Stakeholders Forum
in your Center?

The VISN 5 MIRECC has created two resources that might be helpful to you and your center as you consider developing a Veteran Stakeholders Forum (VSF). Click on each:

Checklist for Forum Development

Slide Set to Promote Recruitment

(See the Resources section of the VSF webpage for a modifiable version)

How can a Veteran volunteer for the
VISN 5 MIRECC Veteran Stakeholders Forum?

If you are a Veteran, Veteran Family Member or Clinician of a Veteran who receives services in VISN 5 (see map for VISN 5 locations) and might be interested in volunteering, please see the recruitment flyer below or the VISN 5 MIRECC Veteran Stakeholders Forum webpage for more information!

Please find below a link to our Volunteer Recruitment Flyer made available to clinicians and Veterans to encourage participation from Veteran stakeholders!

Additional Resources:

♦ The VA HSR&D Office has provided a comprehensive toolkit to help VA centers develop Veteran Engagement Groups for research. Check out this great resource here!

Hyde J, Wendleton L, Fehling K, et al. (2018). Strengthening Excellence in Research through Veteran Engagement (SERVE): Toolkit for Veteran Engagement in Research (Version 1). Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research and Development. https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/serve/

♦ Wendleton LR, Martin LA, Stewart Steffensmeier KR, et al. (2019) Building Sustainable Models of Veteran-Engaged Health Services Research. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. doi:10.1177/0022167819845535

Small Grants for Recovery

In our next MIRECC Matters we will feature an innovative program using Equine Assisted Therapy that was supported through a VISN 5 MIRECC Small Grants for Recovery.

In an upcoming Resource E-Blast from the VISN 5 MIRECC, you will learn about the value of Small Grants for Recovery programs and ideas for how to establish one in your organization!


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